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Irish
Etymology 1
From Old Irish anḟolláine. By surface analysis, an- (negative prefix) + folláine (“healthiness; wholesomeness, soundness”).
Noun
anfholláine f (genitive singular anfholláine)
- unwholesomeness
- Synonym: mífholláine
Declension
Declension of anfholláine
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
anfholláine
- inflection of anfholláin (“unwholesome”):
- genitive singular feminine
- nominative/vocative/dative/strong genitive plural
- comparative degree
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| anfholláine
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n-anfholláine
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hanfholláine
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not applicable
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “anfholláine”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “anḟolláine”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language